i've been fighting what I thought was just a pulled back muscle for a few weeks now. but normal life, hauling gear, playing shows and whatnot have gotten the best of me. a good ol' thoracic strain coupled with a nice trapezius strain, I'm stuck laying down for days on end. after two emergency ...
We spent the better part of Saturday on Amp patrol. We dropped off the AC30 at Boston Guitar Works to get it looked at and to get a new reverb tank installed. They're the place to go if you need a boutique amp and have some amazing gear. After spending a some time perusing and ...
So we finally got around to taking a look at the reverb tank in the AC30 (that's the thing that make's all the cool, dreamy sounds). Sure enough, the thing is all sorts of broke. There is supposed to be 3 springs stretched from one end of the tank to the other, but none (which is ...
We started officially recording guitar today. For the last couple of days, we've been trying to smack some sense into AC30, and it finally listened. Ben got his guitars done for "Talk you down", although we still have some double up some parts with the Big Muff. The AC30 is still periodically making some unsettling rattling ...
Well, the vox doesn't seem to be any happier today than yesterday. It's still not sounding right, and to add insult to injuiry, the reverb just just decided to stop working. Loosing the reverb in and of itself isn't a game changer since we use a Holy Grail for most reverb duties, but it does ...
So yesterday was one of those days where everything seems to be a little off ... for some reason nothing felt right. It wasn't all for naught though, as we did manage wrap up bass on "Ghosts", which is coming along nicely. That is however when things took a turn for the worst. We had the ...
About half of the songs we're recording will feature some fabulous Fender Baritone Jaguar; in some songs it plays a leading role. It's beautiful sounding guitar with a ton of character and depth. Trying to record it though, is a little bit more difficult. It has a tone somewhere between a guitar and bass, though it ...
